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R. B. FITTS. INK RESERVOIR FOR PENS.

No. 28,235 Patented May a, 1860.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

R. B. FITTS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND WV. L. GILROY, OF SAME PLACE.

INK-RESERVOIR FOR PENS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 28,235, dated May 8, 1860.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, R. B. Flaws, of the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ink-Reservoirs for Pens; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1, represents the improved reservoir applied to a pen; Fig. 2, a plan view of the said reservoir as it appears before being formed up, or immediately after it has been cut or punched out from a larger piece of material; and Fig. 3, an end view of the same after it has been formed up and applied; like letters, when on the different figures, indicating the same objects.

The nature of this invention consists in making the adjustable ink reservoir which is sometimes applied to the external part of a pen, or pen-holder, of perforated sheetmetal, substantially in the manner hereinafter described; whereby the cost of con struction of this class of devices greatly reduced, and their efficiency rendered more perfect.

In the drawings, A, represents the reservoir, and B, the pen, inserted in a. pen holder C, to which the reservoir is applied.

In the construction of this reservoir I take a sheet of the minutely perforated sheet-metal, well known in the arts as a material for strainers, sieves, &.c., and by means of a cutting punch or die adapted to the purpose, cut out a piece from the said perforated sheet metal, of the shape or configuration shown by Fig. 2; and then form up the end (Z, thereof into the hollow, conical frustum shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the parts c, and f, of the said separated plate, serving, respectively, as its adjusting stem and fastener in applying the reservoir proper ((Z) to the pen (B) as shown, or to the pen-holder C. In applying it to the pen (B), the two ends of the part 7", are folded as seen in Fig. 8, or so as to cause them to catch under the side edges of the pen as seen in Fig. 1; and the part c, then bent so as to causethe smaller or beveled, open end of the reservoir (cl) to rest closely upon the upper portion of the pens slit, substantially in the position seenin Fig. If it be desired, the part c, of the plate may be made long enough to allow the part 7, to be bent around the holder C, instead of around the pen (B) as described; but it is found preferable to make it short and attach it directly to the pen, as shown in Fig. 1. The reservoir (A), being thus constructed and attached, is readily adjusted to bear with its smaller end, and in an inclined position, upon the back of the pen (B) at any suitable distance from the point of the latter, by simply sliding it up 01' down upon the same, or upon the holder as the case may be.

In the operation of this improvement, it will be perceived that the reservoir proper fits, by its smaller, open end, directly and closely over or upon the upper part of the usual slit of the pen, and, being perforated with numerous, minute holes, around its sides, it will readily admit a large supply of ink into it when it is dipped into the same, and retain it in lifting the pen out of the ink; and also regularly and properly yield to the motions of, and feed, the point of the pen as the latter is used in writing; and that the construction is more simple and inexpensive than that of any other ink reservoir heretofore known or used; is durable in use, and easily kept clean and in order.

Having thus fully described the construction and operation of my improved ink reservoir for pens, and pointed out its utility, what I claim therein as new of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patout is,

Making the said reservoir, substantially in the manner described, of sheet metal perforated with numerous minute holes, as set forth, and for the purposes specified.

R. B. FITTS.

Witnesses:

BENJ. MORISON, E. L. PRATT. 

